ODDS

We sit, and think, and wonder why,
And ponder of our fate;
We each lament, and shake and cry,
As disease we learn to hate.

I often think about my lot,
And curse my God, then duck!
But know what? The disease I've got,
Is sometimes just dumb luck!

--Charlie Gould*

*"Works and plays well with others, and does not eat his young."


©1998 Charlie Gould